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hansn · January 7th, 2008

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SHORT TITLE FOR SUGGESTION/BUG/ENHANCEMENT REQUEST
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Improved Scene Explorer

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF YOUR REQUEST
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-Available as non floating window. (See Maya/Outliner)

-Real-time-search. (See iTunes)

-No check-boxes. Being able to roll the mouse over properties to change them. (Like hiding a bunch of layers in Photoshop)

-Grouping that does not need that weird open/close group function. Again like Outliner: Being able to select/edit/delete an object within a group.
Also: If I hide a group I also want to have the contend hidden! (Is that too much to ask for?)

-Selected objects in the scene should be highlighted in the scene-explorer.

-Display options like: Hide hidden/Select hidden/Hide unfrozen/etc.

-Folders. (like Photoshop again)

-Should pop up in the same layout I closed it before.

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WHY THIS REQUEST IS IMPORTANT TO YOU
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Selecting and finding is maybe the number one task in any 3d-package. Finally Autodesk delivers a scene-explorer and then it's kind of useless..

There are free plugins out there that simulate the Maya-Outliner, but honestly, I would like to see LESS tools in Max that can do more than using an ok but not great Outliner for some things (groups), the scene-explorer for another thing, then the Light-Lister for another...opening a lot of windows is slow and clutters the screen space.

January 7th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
hansn Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5 Name: Hans Eberdorfer	Improved Scene Explorer ---------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT TITLE FOR SUGGESTION/BUG/ENHANCEMENT REQUEST ---------------------------------------------------------------- Improved Scene Explorer --------------------------------------------------------------- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF YOUR REQUEST --------------------------------------------------------------- -Available as non floating window. (See Maya/Outliner) -Real-time-search. (See iTunes) -No check-boxes. Being able to roll the mouse over properties to change them. (Like hiding a bunch of layers in Photoshop) -Grouping that does not need that weird open/close group function. Again like Outliner: Being able to select/edit/delete an object within a group. Also: If I hide a group I also want to have the contend hidden! (Is that too much to ask for?) -Selected objects in the scene should be highlighted in the scene-explorer. -Display options like: Hide hidden/Select hidden/Hide unfrozen/etc. -Folders. (like Photoshop again) -Should pop up in the same layout I closed it before. --------------------------------------------------------------- WHY THIS REQUEST IS IMPORTANT TO YOU --------------------------------------------------------------- Selecting and finding is maybe the number one task in any 3d-package. Finally Autodesk delivers a scene-explorer and then it's kind of useless.. There are free plugins out there that simulate the Maya-Outliner, but honestly, I would like to see LESS tools in Max that can do more than using an ok but not great Outliner for some things (groups), the scene-explorer for another thing, then the Light-Lister for another...opening a lot of windows is slow and clutters the screen space.